ANGRY: The Cosa Nostra members have complained authorities are unfairly targeting them

He said: “We are facing acts of unprecedented aggression and bullying [against migrants] with typically Mafioso attitudes.There is a will to impose their rule on the territory.”

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has appealed to the EU for funding for “migration management” measures in Africa, to plug the huge flow of the economic migrants who are unlikely to be granted asylum.

“One of our aims is to lower levels of migration and reduce tensions in Sicily and Italy as a whole,” Andrea Romano, an MP for Italy’s ruling Democratic Party, said.